The Straits Times, 31 August 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1946. PRICE 1» CENTS.
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  • Article
    FOOD PROTEST TO GO TO LONDON
    914 1 FOOD PROTEST TO GO TO LONDON Resolutions At Singapore Meeting A RESOLUTION to send a telegram to the Secretary of State for the Colonies calling on him to do something to relieve the present rice situation m Singapore, and expressing concern at the rapidly diminishing confidence of the people m
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    KILLEARN REPORTS SUCCESS
    237 1 KILLEARN REPORTS SUCCESS J ORD Killearn, Special Commissioner for South-Liast Asia, arrived at Kallang aerodrome yesterday afternoon from Java, where he has been holding conversations with Dutch and Indonesian officials. As he stepped out of the Da- 1 kota which brought him from j Batavia, Lord Killoarn sad: "I have
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    Rice Eaters' Bread Queue
    27 1 People of Singapore qiieuein* ap for their bread ration from the Long Sing Bakery m Cross Street. A daily scene —Straits Times picture.
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  • Article
    Gromyko Demands "Bases" Details
    260 1 NEW YORK, Friday. IMMEDIATELY after the Security Council vote on the applications for membership to the United Nations yesterday, the Soviet delegate, Mr. Gromyko, asked the Council to demand that all members of the United Nations should within two weeks inform the Council of the number
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  • Article
    Rubber Talks With Board Of Trade Hopeful
    150 1 Rubber Talks With Board Of Trade Hopeful From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. YESTERDAY'S discussions I between the rubber m- j dustry and the Board of Trada have been described m London as "hopeful," though no announcement referring to the rubber market is expect ed for another fortnight. It is
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    UPROAR IN PARIS
    236 1 PARIS, Friday. DANDEMONIUM broke out m I the Paris Conference today when, during the rowdiest session yet seeii, Mr. A. V. Alexander, of Britain, stood up and shouted on a point of order, Mr. Molotov, of Russia, protested against the limitation of speeches, and Mr. Piyade, of
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    COLLEGE AS THE FIRST STEP TO UNIVERSITY
    428 1 COLLEGE AS THE FIRST STEP TO UNIVERSITY THE Secretary of State for the Colonies views favourably the suggestion that a University College should be created as a first step towards the establishment of a University of Malaya, a communique issued by the Singapore Government yesterday states. The communique, which announces
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    Calcutta Inquiry
    50 1 NEW DELHI, Fri —It is reliajlv learned that the Viceroy is con'- I templating a judicial Inquiry into the Calcutta riots. Sir Patrick Spens, Chief Justice of the Fodeial Court., assisted Dy two! judges of the provincial high com is, may be deputed lor the purpose.— Reuter. I
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    FIRST DEFEAT OF YORKSHIRE
    102 1 London. Fri.— Yorfcihir?, the champions, suffered their firs* defeat of Hie cricket s'ason a' Bournemouth today. Hampshire dsfeating them by te n wickets" Scores ware: Yorkshire 135 and 130; Hampshire 204 and 64 for o.' Oiher results w3re: At the Oval. Warwickshire beat Surrey by 21
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    Australia To Resist "Big Four'
    138 1 Australia To Resist "Big Four SYDNEY, Friday. £)R. Herbert Evatt, Minister for Exiernal Affairs and leader of the.. Australian delegation at the Paris Conference, declared here today that Australia would resist any "Big Four" meeting to discuss the future of the Pacific Peace Conference. He addeti: "Australia o Pacific war
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    "COUSENS THREATENED SUICIDE"
    491 2 Jap Woman Tells Australian Court SYDNEY, (By Air Mail). A JAPANESE woman gave evidence at the Central n Court m the second day's hearing of the treason trial that Major Charles Hughes Cousens had threatened to commit suicide during the first few weeks he was at Tokio
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    69 2 About 5W parachutists a month as many as at the peak period of the war are being trained at No. 1. Parachute Training; School at Upper Heyford, near Oxford. The school is likely to expand m the future, as a third balloon for jumping will be added soon to the
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  • Article
    England Checks On Jewish Terrorists
    97 2 SOUTHAMPTON, Fri.— Special precautions are being taken at all British ports and air terminals to prevent the entry into England of Jewish terrorists. Immigration officials and special branch detectives have received new orders on the steps they are to take when examining Palestinian subjects. The
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  • Article
    Merchant Seamen May Be Called Up
    62 2 Merchant Seamen May Be Called Up LONDON. Fri.— Hundreds or ex-merchant seamen now find themselves liable for military service conscription. The Merchant Navy Pool stated •»J..> "All former seamen whose demobilisation group was above 60 are eligible for call-up by the armed fortes. Thla applies m most cases to radio
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    Major Said To Have Made Sick Work
    158 2 Major Said To Have Made Sick Work LONDON, Thursday. WHEN the court-martial of Major Cecil Boon, who faces charges of aiding the Japanese while he was a PoW m Hong Kong between 1943 and 1945, resumed this afternoon m London, Captain Leonard Godfrey Crosby, the second witness, told the court
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    "Hyderabad Seeks Arabian Sea Port"
    107 2 "Hyderabad Seeks Arabian Sea Port" NEW YORK, Fri.— The Magazine, Newsweek, today "reported" that the advisers of the Nixam of Hyderabad "have concocted a plan to acquire Goa from Por- 1 tugal, giving Hyderabad an out- j let to tne Arabian Sea." The magazine added: "Then th? Nizam would apply
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    Torpedoed Prisoners Murdered By Japs
    220 2 HONG KONG, Thursday. r.NK B. MILES, a British resident m Hong Kong and a survivor of the Lisbon Maru, testified during the second day's hearing m the War Crimes Court today that Japanese guards opened fire on British and Canadian prisoners of war who burst
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    18 Of Stern Gang Get Life Terms
    179 2 JERUSALEM, Thursday. r ENERAL SIR EVELYN BARKER, GOC British troops m Palestine, today commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences on 18 members of the Stern Gang, condemned for sabotage m the Haifa railway workshops. The 18 were sentenced to death after a
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    1,000 British Want U.K. Trip
    68 2 SHANGHAI, Fri.— Only a com. paratively small number of the thousand-odd British would-be repatriates m Shanghai will be aboard when the next British repatriation vessel sails from here for the United Kingdom some time next month. This is because, m the words of a British
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    WAC Capt. Cleared Of Conspiracy
    62 2 BERLIN, Fri.— The court martial trvinr Cant. Kathleen Nash Durant of the UJS. Women's Auxilterv .Corps on a r1 iar»e of having removed part of the Hesse crov/n jewels valued at £375.000 today upheld the defence motion f not fruiltv on a charge cf conspiracy.
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    New Training Methods For The Navy
    141 2 New Training Methods For The Navy A TRAINING Battleship Squadron, which will be based on Portland, will consist of H.M-S. Nelson (flagship), H.M.S. Howe, and H.M.S. Anson. It represents a new development m training methods, by which recruits will now receive shipboard training much earlier m their career. The declson
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    Shanghai Germans Taken Care Of
    104 2 SHANGHAI, *Ti.— The German Affairs Commission of the Shanghai Municipal Government, which has been responsible for the repatriation of German nationals and the liquidation of German business, has suspended operations following the completion of its main tasks. All Germans detained at the local concentration camp
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      217 2 ROYAL SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB. MOTxCE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Upcc el General Meeting of Members v/ 111 b<> held m the Club House on Saturday, 7th September, 1946, at 3.35 p.m. BUSINESS. (a) To consider and. If thought fit, rnurove the recommendation for the increase of Entrance Fee «nd
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      430 2 NOTICE. NOTICE The Cycle A Carriage Co. (1925) Ltd., Re LAI BENG SAM NOTICE*o5 te LCM3S *cJp S 8CRIP Information Is solicited concerning NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that Beng w u ho Wtts detained and an application has been made to the en Way Ja P ancse Military Directors of
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    Pro-Jap Women Caroused With Sime Road Guards
    1280 3 Pro- Jap Women Caroused With Sime Road Guards "Revelry At Sewing-Factory Kept Camp Awake At Night" THREE women two m affidavits described the humiliations, indignities, and brutalities they suffered at the han ds of Japanese staff of Sime Road civil internment camp at the continuation of the War Crimes trial
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    30 3 Children m a Singapore Child Welfare Society clinic are cared for by. experienced nursing staff. These children will benefit by the cabaret show at the Happy World on Sept. 7.
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    Woman Doctor On Camp Life
    223 3 Woman Doctor On Camp Life DR. Jennette K. Robinson who was health oiflcor for the women's section oX the Internees' camp as well as bc-i- on the staff of the women's hospitsJ r.a.d m an aft davit taat she held Suzuki responsible for condlt ons generally. Th»se were "incredibly bad
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    CHILD WELFARE BENEFIT
    254 3 THE Cnild Welfare Society wi'l benefit from the entire proceeds of a show to be given by Singapore Association of Teachers of Dancing at the Happy World Cabaret on B«pt. 7. The show will be under the patronage of the Governor, Sir Frank. lin Qimson. Child Welfare
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    JAP PUNISHMENT FOR LAUGHTER
    355 3 MR. I. C. NAIPP. m an affidavit, described how the Japane-e punished the men m a workshop for a'legedly iciwMng after a pro-;ession of highranking Jaoanere risltors h<\d ron<» by during an tn^sction on Not 15. 1*43. When th* Jaoanese caM?d for the man who had
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    Blue-Stockings Beat Woman
    324 3 Blue-Stockings Beat Woman MI3S Meda Sh- rbanee. a clerk-typU, win was im«rned on April 7, 1915, said that a week a t.-r her lnternmen. she was proceeding towards the Green House with a frlind when suddenly her friend nusged her saying, 'Blue-stock-ings' is pASsins, bow down, bow down." She was
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    Al Rivers Tells Of Assault
    160 3 Al Rivers, tin smelter and former Singapore boxer, descr-bej the ev^ats during the Japansse staff Investigations into misting rtee when six members of the re? fatigue were rop"d together and beaten. Rivers said he was ca'led up at 4.30 on* afternoon, and Kobayashi and a
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    Penang Reign Of Terror Told At Trial Of 35Kempeis
    299 3 Penang Reign Of Terror Told At Trial Of 35Kempeis From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Fri. THIRTY-FIVE members of the Japanese Kempei-tai, facing their Judges at the opening of the biggest War Crimes trial In the Malayan Union, this morning heard the prosecution accuse them of "outrages against the local population
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    Food Prices Soar In Kuala Lumpur
    371 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. ALTHOUGH rice is scarce and only obtainable if the n buyer is prepared to pay the black-market price, which ranges from $1.30 to 51.60 per kati, there is abundant stock of other foodstuffs m shops and markets
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    Dutch Queen's Birthday
    66 3 A BALL to be attended by 500 Hollanders at the former Dutch Club m Cairnhill Road, will be one of the main functions Pt which the Dutch community m Singapore will oe celebrating the sixty-sixth birthday of their ruler, Queen Wilhelmlna of Hoi. land, today. The function
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    Church Services
    210 3 DEQUIEM High Masses will ftu sung m most towns throughout Malaya today, for thos? Roman Catholics who were killed on March 14, 1942 at Ulu Tirain listate. Johore Bahru, by the Japs soon after their entry into the S*?t? of Johore. Church of England: Si. Andrews 7 8
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      330 3 Announcement to Our Students m Malaya from the Hemirgway Robertson Institute CT>KK-WAK H.K.I siiidriil* m Singaporr and rliroiigtHini Malaya are requested to ronimun irate with us. bf writing, direct r<> MtiaHftWAV ROHfcR'fSOIM MaUHUII Bank lam Bank Phn, Melbourne, Virloria. Australia. The li.R 1 is still holding the unrxpired balance of
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  • Obituary
    DEATH.
    24 4 DEATH Funeral of Chan Ah Pong, The Novelty Store. 88, North Bridge Road, wi'.l take place on Sunday Sept. Ist 1940 at 12 noon.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Aug. 31, 1946. Sparks In The Balkans
    856 4 The Straits Times Si ngapore, Saturday, Aug. 31, 1946. Sparks In The Balkans It is not without a gloomy significance that, while the international situation deteriorates almost visibly day by day, its epicentre has shifted to the Balkans. Thatj immemorial trouble centre,! where wars breed as easily as flies, is
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    CHICKS: A STORY
    246 4 vertising is sometimes criticised on the ground that it is an unnecessary addition to the cost of Roods to the consumer, but a striking instance of how it sometimes has the reverse effect has Just come to the «notice of the Straits TimesSince the liberation there has
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    Home-grown Malayan produce in the food crisis
    702 4 Home-grown Malayan produce in the food crisis [Coconuts, sweet potatoes, sago, gula malaka these are some of the Malayan market foodstuffs used m the accompanying recipes. In iew of the shortage of rice and bread, a housewife wrote to the Straits Times to ask for the recipes used at the
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  • Man In The Street
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      S.T.C. Objects To "Propaganda" By Radio Malaya
      155 4 IMMEDIATELY after the news broadcast from Radio Malaya at 9.30 p.m. last night, there was a talk on food, and reference was made to the strike of The Singapore Traction Company's em ployees. It was stated that the wages of a conductor amount
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      "The Last Straw "
      102 4 "The Last Straw ANY right-thinking man read, ing your editorial "The Last Straw' will Join with you m condemning the strikers of the B.T.C. What sympathy do these people expect? Do they not realise that this lightning strike has caused great resentment among the city's population? Let them tighten their
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      S.T.C. Canteen
      249 4 MUCH as the general public appreciates the Straits Times editorial condemning the strike of employees of the Singapore Traction Company, the article tends to be onesided. The formation of a canteen seems to be the main factor m the strike. Therefore the management of the S.T.C. is also
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      OTHER LETTERS—PAGE SIX
      38 4 OTHER LETTERS— PAGE SIX Working for War Department m Singapore Batu Pahat Bases Letters signed with a nom-de-plume ore not published unless the writer's name and rtress are communicated to the Editor as a guarantee of good faith.
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      A Pre-War Mem
      261 4 ICCORDING to the papers, a ri proposed Union of Amahs, Boys, etc., is m the air. As a housewife who foresees endless trouble and inconvenience for local Menu. I would suggest that no sanction be Riven to such a scheme, for toe following rea"«ons: (1) Housewives, In
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      R.A.F. Tarzans
      242 4 IT is felt that a reply is necessary to the letter signed "Tarzan" published m the Straits Times of Aug. 27. I have no idea who "Tarz»*i" is but do agree with his complaint m being unable to obtain the ration of cloth which has beer, issued to
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      908 4 THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between Leonard A. Marcus and Maur C'once.cao, daughter of Mr. Mrs. Albert Conceicao, both of Singapore. The marriage took place at the Singapore Chinese Consulate between Mr. Robert Yap Seek Koon and Miss Chla Mci Lai on 30-8-46. SITUATIONS VACANT WA NTED Immediately Experienced nnd fir.-
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      35 4 Even the keenest mind may be dulled by Whether you wear glasses or not, it is advisable to have a proper examination if you experience the slightest eye disomfort. Consult: C S THONG. 0.D.. FPOC.
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    Assessment Question To Be Reopened
    257 5 Assessment Question To Be Reopened New Commissioner Suggests Review IN his maiden speech at the Municipal Commissioners meeting yesterday, Mr. D. K. Walters gave notice that at the next meeting he proposed to try and reopen the question of the raising of the assessment ceiling. He said that many people
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    'Court Will Not Listen To Trivialities'
    250 5 Dy Our Special Correspondent K LUANG. Fri. "THE court will not listen to I trivialities. The line of evidence of the accused is an insult to the intclllffenc* »f human bcin*," said th* Jud*e Advocate, Major L.AJ. Smith, when he interrupted one of the
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    $2,500 FINE FOR DISTILLER
    70 5 rH Kah Guan, a Chinese, was fined $2,500 m the Third Police Court yesterday, for possession of dutiable liquor and of distilling fermented rice. The amount of liquor involved was 396 gallons of for. inented rice, and 15 gallons of samsu. In addition, nine 44-gallons drums
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    Singapore Crematorium Plan Raised
    133 5 rE question of the provision of a crematorium for Singapore was raised at yesterday's Municipal Commis-ioners meeting by Mr. Ng Sen Choy. He recalled that the matter had been discussed at some lengih before the war. The opinion of most of the communities had been obtained
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    45 5 Three months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of $1,000 or another three months' m prison, were imposed on Tee Jwee Chua for trying to export 119 sarongs and 800 yards of white drill irom Plngaoore without a nermit, m the Second District Court yes- tcrday.
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    Ship's Captain Had Difficulty With Accounts
    104 5 Ship's Captain Had Difficulty With Accounts rOUR days after he was posted as missing, the body of Capt. Jesse Dixon, master of the Empire Gipsy was found floating m the Singapore harbour. The Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, was told yesterday that Dixon's transfer to another ship was delayed
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    Milne Bay Broadcast
    120 5 AT 8 p.m. today, the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Sex-rices, m Singapore, wlli broadcast a dramatisation of the defeat which the Japanese forces suffered at Milne Bay, In New Guinea, on Aug. 31. 1*42. Milne Bay was the turning point In the South Pacific War, because from
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    A SINGAPORE BAKERY, 1946
    64 5 This Straits Times picture, taken yesterday, shows a S ngaporc bakery m Tras Street, barred and wired as if m preparation for a siege. The bakery has an output of 5,000 two pound loaves daily. A ration of a one-pound loaf for eac'i customer has been
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    Armed Robber Gets 17 Years' Gaol
    345 5 A rmed Rob b er Gets 1 7 Years Gaol rO young Chinese, Seah Seek Heng and Tan Sew Chew, were yesterday sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment with six strokes of "the cat" each by Mr. Justice Thorogood m the Second Singapore Assizes when the common jury returned an
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    Charge Of Entering Jap PoW Camp
    50 5 Liin Soi was charged m the Fourth Police Court yesterday, with entering the Japanese PoW camp at Juroni? Road, on Aug. 28, with intention to ccmmit an offence. Lim claimed trial to the charge, and the case was postponed to Sept. 13 for mention.
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    Police Raid Singapore Padang Area
    135 5 Police Raid Singapore Padang Area rrEEN women, 13 Chinese and two Malays, arrested m the St. Andrew's Road, Stamford Road and Connaught Drive area by a party of police under Mr. A. F. W. Goodrich, on Thursday night, were produced yesterday before Mr. K. M. Byrne, the Third Magistrate. The
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    Charged With Assault On Constable
    65 5 Charged With Assault On Constable THREE Tamils appeared m uvj Fourth Police Court yester. day on a charge of assaulting a detective constable, Jaafar. on Aug. 28 m Orchard Road. In addition, one of the men was also charged with attempting to cause hurt to Jaafar. with a cargo hook.
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    Along The Singapore Waterfront
    375 5 LYING m the Singapore Roads today is the Blue Funnel liner Samoa with five locomotives on board which she will not be able to put ashore till she berths alongside the Empire Dock tomorrow or possibly Monday. The locomotives are complete with tenders, and were built
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    MUNICIPAL REPLY TO ACSEA
    332 5 Mountbatten Road A categorical denial that the responsibility for the reopening of Mountbatten Road now lay with the civilian authorities, as stated by ACSEA this week, was made yesterday •by Mr. W. Bartley, the Singapore Municipal president, at the meeting of Singapore Commissioners yesterday. Relating the
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    Malacca Tea Party
    63 5 Sin Wah Restaurant at Bunga Raya. Malacca, was the venue of a pleasant function recently when the Chettiars' (Natlukkottai) Chamber of Commerce Malacca, entertained Mr. M. Manickam. Agent of the local Indian Overseas Ba^k Ltd o tea on the eve of his departure to Inoia There was
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    NEW STORE CINEMA
    108 5 Straits Times Correspondent LLAITS for a new, cinema a-e at 1 present awaiting the approval of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. It is understood tnat the site will be m Coleman Street. Mr. Frank Brewer, who designed the Cathay, will be the architect for the new ouilding, which
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    MEDIATION IN S.T.C. STRIKE
    75 5 niSCUSSIONS wer-2 hud yestc--u day between Mr. A. A. Ewlnj, General Manager of the Sr .-npure Traction Company, and member of the Pan-Malayan Labour Union, with a view to ending the five-day old busmen s •trlfee It. is understood that the Labour Union delegate gay? an
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    LABOUR DAY
    30 5 The U.S. Consulate Ge.ianM 1 F a^ore win b e closed on Morday. Sept. 2. which is Labour C? > m the U.S. dan ftawr) n n: tionsl oolic'a"
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    Planes Dropped Funds To Guerillas
    312 6 Jap Occupation Story In Baling Court From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Friday. niTRINti the Japanese occupation of this country Force 136 was carrying on guerilla tactics m the Baling area m Kedah m line with other operations throughout the country. On one occasion Allied
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      Working For War Dept: A Budget
      227 6 YOUR readers may be interested m an account of life as it is lived by an employee of one of the War Department units m Singapore. I am a bachelor. My salary is $170 a month. Here is an account of how I spend
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      Batu Pahat Buses
      124 6 MAY I express a grievance of the poor peasants In this district. Those who lire in this district feel that they are been victimized by the bus companies operating in this locality. The Government-controlled fare Is supposed to be 3 cents a mile but I have to
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      Rice Hoarders
      78 6 YOU dodge the point m your article on "Rice At Pisto l Point?" Why don't you say point-blank that (1) White nee Is obtainable at th? black market pnee of $2 a tzu. (2) This shows that cfce merch^r.ts are releasing their hoards, thin-king this an oppor tune
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      Rice In The Ulu
      64 6 I READ about the reductions m rice ration for Singapore m your issues of Aug. 16 and 17 which reached Kuala Krti on Aug. 23. I envy Singaporeans. My residence Is at the capital of the District Interior. I have drawn a solitary kati per week
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    $5,000 Fine For Not Paying Duty
    129 6 $5,000 Fine For Not Paying Duty From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Friday. PJOR being la possess on of sugar without customs declaration weighing 91 piculs and 28 katks m 38 bags, a Chinese merchant from Haadyai was fined $5,000 or one month's simple imprisonment m the District Court before
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    PENANG SCHOLAR GOING TO CHINA
    131 6 From Oar Own Correspondent PJtNANU m. AWARDED the highly-.prized Chiang Kai-shek scholar, ship for being the best medical Student m Chungking m 1945, 21-yearold Tan Ewe Ait. an old boy of the Anglo-Chinese Higii School m Penang, is ma'ilng preparations to return to China where
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    Serdang Turns Out Graduates
    100 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. SPEAKING at the graduation ceremony held at the Serdang School of ..ericulture on Monds.y Mr. F. Burnstt. Director of Agriculture, Malayan Union, declared agriculture was not merely a method of making a living. It was not merely an industry.
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    Taiping Chinese To Celebrate V-Day
    64 6 From Our Own Correspondent TALPINO. Friday. TaipinG Chinese w.ll celebrate Victory Day on Sept. 3 by holding a dinner at th Hokkien Hoay Kuan to which Military and Government officials and community leaders will be invited. Mr. Toh Eng Hoe JJP.. M.C.H Is the chairman
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    Savings Increase
    55 6 (From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE savings bank business In ths Malayan Union cont nues m increase and the number of transactions (deposits and withdrawals) during July was higher than any previous month sne? th» re-occupation. S'nce the re-opening of banks m October 1.945 deposits have
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    Estate Workers Learn Hindi
    61 6 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING. Fri. THE newly lormed Indian Labourers' Association. Talpirg branch, Is starting classes m Hindi and English for estate labourers and their childran. It is understood a teacher will be sent round to Sellnclng and Jebong estates once a w;e'< to educate
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    Quarters For Ipoh Govt. Employees
    84 6 \t rom Our Own Correspondent) IPOH, Frt. IN order to relieve housing short- age among government servants tamporery quarters w 11 be constructed h?r2 coon. The site chosen is m Ashby Road and it Is hopd to complete part of the scheme by the en*
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    A Duck And Mouse Feel The Pinch
    229 7 A Duck And Mouse Feel The Pinch ANIMALS celluloid and flesh and blood variety are the latest to be affected by America's creeping inflation. It is rising labour costs which has caused Walt Disney radically to cut his production of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck cartoons. It Is the soaring
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    223 7 LAN Clayton starts wo^k next month m "Jennie Wag A Lady" for Metro. Sam Wood is changing the title of "The Story Of Ivy" by Marie Belloc-Lowndes to plain "Ivy" and he'll probably make it m England Joan Fontaine is going to do "Christabel Came" after all. The
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    SHE DANCES ON SKATES
    10 7 Sonja Henie Combines Skating With Beauty.
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    Screen Actors Have Embarrassing, Times
    404 7  -  Harold Heffernan UOLLYWOOD. Everyone can look back and smile about some highly embarrassing moment, but the poor movie star experiences more than the average. Betty Grable often signs autographs m the fan's bel.ef that she is Lana Turner and vice versa. Both wince m such
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      326 7 Culbertson Owing to pressure on space it has not been found possible to include in today's issue of the Strait* Times the brMre feature "According: to Cnlberston." It will appear in Monday's paper. CROSSWORD No. 38 Merchant of Venice" j Nc, this plant i* not SKI Ks^a Known as "Lady's
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    JALAN BESAR CONTROL Army Methods Criticised
    235 8 I'HE question of the control of crowds at the Jalan Besar Stadium a "matter of immediate attention" was raised by Mr. D. K. Walters at the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday. Mr. Walters recalled the "unfortunate incident" at a recent match. "I
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    23 8 A thrilling goalmouth incident m Wednesdays game of soccer at Jalan Besar Stadlnm m w hich the R.A.F. Selctar heat the V.M.C.A. flvc.three.
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    HOME SOCCER
    455 8 LONDON. Fri. Football fixtures m the Home league next week are: English league S;pt. 2 FIRST DIVISION Aston Villa v. Evericn Blackpool v. Brentford Stoke City v. Bolton SECOND DIVISION Coventry ■v. West B'wich A Millwall v Plymouth Sheffield W. v. Barnsley West Ham v. Fulham THIRD DIVISION
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    SEEDINGS IN U.S. TENNIS
    127 8 SEEDINGS IN U.S. TENNIS NEW YORK, Thurs. TARA DEODHAR, Indian lawn tennis player, is seeded flftn m the foreign seedings for the Homen's singles event m the United States lawn tennis champior.ships which begin on Forest BUia Club turf courts here jn Saiuraay. The championships continue until Sept. 8. There
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    WRESTLING
    149 8 A wrestLng programme has been arranged by the- 'Mlix Century Promotions at the Great World Arena tonight. The big fight of the heavy class grapplers for the third round of the Malayan heavy weight elimination, will se& atari Ciarside, of Yorkshire, clashing against Harr7 ReveL tiie former Australian Queensland
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    TODAY'S SOCCER
    30 8 IN today's game of soccei at Jalan Besar Stadium the R.A.F. (Changi)— not the Seletar Airmen— will meet the Royal Netherlands Army team Admission will be by Invitation.
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    68 8 lii their fsconi frlendlv paroe o f cower on Thursday evening played at the Woodleigh Pumping Station ground, the Food Control Inspe:tovate XI defeated the 09. E.M. Platoon, R.E. XI by a solitary Roal scored m the second hal Ooi Saan? Eng receiving a fin; pass from A.E.
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    VOLLEY BALL
    95 8 A vollay ball exhibition match In aid of ths V.M.C.A. Rehab litatlon Fund and the Indian Relief Committee Fund, for 100 .1 relief, will be held at the Happy World Stadium on Monday at 8.15 p.m. The conipet'ng teams will be t*e V M.P.A. of tUnVLfttn versus the
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    Brilliant Win By Middlesex
    361 8 LONDON, Thurs. FE overnight rain which prevented play m India's match with Kent today was fairly widespread and delayed the start of most County matches. The London area, however, escaped the worst of the gale and punctual starts were possible at Lord's and the Oval. Middlesex
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    TOMORROW NIGHT'S BOXING
    234 8 i m Sunday's boxing promotion at the Hippy World, two new B^Ub Ee/v«ce lads are making their first appearance. In the main event, Terry Lej oi the a A. P. la a strong welter-weight who carries punch In both hands and is t expected to extend Maurice
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    Airmen Beat Naval XI
    166 8 A gam; of crcltet played '&»t Wednesday between the R. A. F., Paya Lebar, and the 0. S. E. D., Seletar, a Nuvy team, resulted m a win for the Airmen by 104 runs. The best performance of th? match was the bowling of B:ll (R.
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    C.S.C. CRICKET
    66 8 TWE following will represent the Ceylou Sports Club against the C.C.R.C. at erfeket at the Police Training School ground at 11 am. .©morrow R. V. S. Sundram (Capt>; S. K. Sundram: K. Muthucumaru; P. Van Rooyen; C. Thuraisingam V. R. eabapethy. 6. Yoprarajah; A. VljJoratnam; S. A. Durai:
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    "ROCKLITES' CRICKET"
    63 8 The following have been invited to play cricket for the RocUUes tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. against the BAOCC, Chaigi. Transport will leave No. 14, Lorrng "M" Telok Kurau at 9 a.m. V.V. Sundram, C. Humphries, O. Carnegie. J. Oalistan, 8. Mosbergen. D.C. Swyny, C. Fernandez, Raymond Lee, Andre
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    INDIANS SOCCER
    71 8 A team to represent the Singapore Indians against the ACSKA at soccer to be played tomorrow at Changi will b 3 selected from the following: O.M. AngulUa. Kartar Singh, V.R. Sabapathy, P. Ramoo, S. Narayanasamy (Capt.), SaUar, Manl. Muthlah. Balan, Paul Davis. Roberts. Raju, I.M. AngulUa. S.R.S. Naldu,
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    RACING FIXTURES
    57 8 London, Frld. Racing fixtures m 1947 are: The Derby w U be run on June 4, the 2,000 Guineas on April 30. the 1,000 Guineas on fc ay 2, the Oaks on June 6 and the St. Leger on Not. 19. Royal Ascot our meetings will on June
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